Trunk lock



Patented Get. 6, 1925,

ROBERT J. OHRUZDEN, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

TRUNK LOCK.

Application filed October 31, 1924. Serial No. 746,972.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RQBERT J. CHRUDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunk Locks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to receptacle locks and has special reference to a lock for trunks known in the trade as wardrobe trunks.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a more practical, efficient and less cumbersome locl: for such rec ptacles.

Still other objects and advantages will appear in the further description of the in vention.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, and in which like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved look as applied to the upper end of a wardrobe trunk; and

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2-2, Figure 1.

it and 2 represent the opposite halves of one end of an ordinary wardrobe trunk, the half 1 being hingedly-united to the body portion 3 of the trunk as at 4, such construction being common in wardrobe trunks.

The housing for the lock comprises the two halves 5 and 6, preferably of somewhat elliptical shape, their meeting edges being indicated at 7, along the meeting edges of the two halves of the upper end of the trunk.

WVithin the upwardly bulged portion 7 of the housing 6 is slidably mounted the flat dowel carrying segment 8, said segment being guided by preferably four vertically disposed rivets 9 extending through elongated slots 10 through the segment, so that the latter may be readily moved to or from the meeting edges of the housings 5 and 6.

The lock proper of the trunk is illustrated at 11, it being circular in form and carried upon the hasp 12 which is pivotally or hingedly united as at 13 to the hub portion 14.

This latter is pivoted as at 15 upon the housing 7, and, beneath the upper wall.

thereof, is provided with a laterally projecting lever indicated at 16, it having a hub-like portion 17 firmly fixed to the pivot 15, and, the hub 14 being also fixed to the pivot 15, will cause the lever and hub to be moved simultaneously, or the hub of the lever may be fixed to the lower face of the hub 14% without the pivot having to rotate, as is obvious.

The outer free end of the lever 16 is attached to the upper side of the segment 8 as by the pin 18, which is firmly attached to the segment and extends through the slotted opening 19 in the end of the lever 16 so that as the hub 14 of the lock is oscillated back and forth the dowel segment will be moved accordingly. The dowels on said segment are indicated at 20, one upon either extremity thereof, and, said dowels, when extended for locking purposes, cooperatively engage the semi-elliptically shaped housings 2121, rigidly fixed upon the radial extremities of the plate of the housing 5.

The upwardly bulging portion of the housing plate 5 is indicated at 22, and the lock 11 cooperatively engages same as is common in such locks.

From the foregoing it is evident that when the hasp 12 is raised with the lock 11 free from engagement with the bulged portion 22 of the housing 5, it will be swung, for

example, to the right in respect to the view-' ing of Figure 1 of the drawing, when the dowel disc 8 will he slid backwardly from the meeting edges of the lock and thus disengage the dowels from their housings 21 and permit of free manipulation of the section 1 of the upper end of the trunk. By the use of this combination lock and dowels the necessity of any further securing of the two halves of the upper end of the trunk when locked is obviated, and a simple, compact lock and dowel attachment results.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1 A lock of the character described comprising t-wo cooperative housing members, one of said members comprising a lock housing and dowel housings spaced from said lock housing, the other of said members carrying a dowel housing, a slidable dowel segment mounted within the last mentioned h g. hast pivota ly m u li the dowel segment housing,

and means whereby rotation of the hasp will withdraw or extend the dowels for the purpose described.

2. A lock of the character described comprising two cooperative housings, a lock hasp pivotally mounted upon one of the housings, a dowel carrying segment within the housing in which the hasp is pivoted, said segment being operable by the oscilla- 10 tion of the ha'sp and means upon the other housing for cooperative engagement with the dowels.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

ROBERT J CHRUDEN. 

